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Entries from 2016

Coverage of the 1876 Synagogue’s Second Move

On November 3, 2016, the historic 1876 synagogue was moved 50 feet west to allow for construction work associated with Capitol Crossing, a multi-use development project. It will remain on this site for a few years until its final site at the southeast corner of Third & F Streets, NW, is ready. There, it will be the focal point of a new Jewish museum.

Video includes interviews:
-- Bernard Glassman, who was instrumental in coordinating the move and reconstruction of the synagogue in 1969
-- Saadia Greenberg, whose mother Evelyn was instrumental in identifying the building as the original Adas Israel synagogue in the 1950s